Rupert Graves
Rupert Graves
Rupert Gravesis an English film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in A Room with a View, Maurice, The Madness of King George and The Forsyte Saga. Since 2010 he has starred as DI Lestrade in the BBC television series Sherlock...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth30 June 1963
school kids insecurity
I never went to acting school. I started in the circus, music hall, I was in a group, did kids bits. Ive always had this kind of insecurity being uneducated.
good savvy seems shove
You have to be savvy to be a celebrity. You have to create a personality and shove that out. It just seems fatuous to me. Professionally, it's a good idea. But I can't do it.
entirely public school
I'm entirely uneducated. I went to public school - public in the American sense - a blue-collar, working-class school. I never got a scholarship, I left when I was 15, never did any exams.
far grant needed pursue
I kind of always wanted to act, but to get a grant I would have needed two A-levels, and I was too far away from even O levels. I didn't know you could get a scholarship, so I determined early not to pursue that.
moved
It's just very dull. Talking about yourself and about something that you've got less interest in than you had, because you've always moved on to something else.
pain backsides display
Celebritys a pain in the backside - youre always on display.
school blue class
I'm entirely uneducated. I went to public school - public in the American sense - a blue-collar, working-class school. I never got a scholarship, I left when I was 15, never did any exams.
careers acting concrete
I drifted into acting, and I've drifted into my career, and I've never been guided by anything particularly concrete.
boys way rebellious
I was a dozy boy; I'd like to have been like James Dean, but I was more Arthur Askey - pathetically rebellious in a cheeky, chappy sort of way.
humility thinking doe
Not being anxious requires a level of humility, doesn't it? It does, I think. It's not all about you.
interviews very-good crap
I'm crap at interviews. I'm just not very good at sentences.
trying acting sometimes
The urge to act became the overriding force in my life. It thrilled me. There's a moment with acting when you're in the groove, and you and what you're trying to do are seamlessly one. That happens sometimes, and I'm really happy it can happen to me.
girl gay thinking
I was a closet straight. I think I wanted to be gay because I thought it was arty and interesting. And also, I was phenomenally shy with girls.
children thinking parent
There's a thing I think children realise at a certain age, which is that if their parents say, 'Don't do it', and they go ahead and do it, they're still not going to die. And I think that's what it is: that no matter what you do, you're not going to die.